Toro (Sakhalin)
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Shakhtyorsk is a town in Uglegorsky District
of Sakhalin Oblast
, Russia
, located on the western coast of Sakhalin Island
, 376 kilometres (233.6 mi) north-west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
. Population:
of Japan
. After the Soviet Union gained control over the southern part of Sakhalin Island in August 1945, the town became part of Sakhalin Oblast
.
It was granted town status and given its present name in 1947. The name derives from the Russian
word Shakhtyor for miner, referring to the black coal production in the surrounding area.
Uglegorsky District
Uglegorsky District is an administrative and municipal district , one of the 17 in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia....
of Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.The oblast has an area of 87,100 km² and a population of 546,695...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, located on the western coast of Sakhalin Island
Sakhalin
Sakhalin or Saghalien, is a large island in the North Pacific, lying between 45°50' and 54°24' N.It is part of Russia, and is Russia's largest island, and is administered as part of Sakhalin Oblast...
, 376 kilometres (233.6 mi) north-west of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
-Demographics:Most residents are ethnic Russians, but there also exists a sizable population of Koreans. Of the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans, half are estimated to live in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, comprising roughly 12% of the city's population...
. Population:
History
The town was founded after 1905 as Tōro, in the region then known as the Karafuto PrefectureKarafuto Prefecture
, commonly called South Sakhalin, was the Japanese administrative division corresponding to Japanese territory on Sakhalin from 1905 to 1945. Through the Treaty of Portsmouth, the portion of Sakhalin south of 50°N became a colony of Japan in 1905...
of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. After the Soviet Union gained control over the southern part of Sakhalin Island in August 1945, the town became part of Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast is a federal subject of Russia comprising the island of Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands.The oblast has an area of 87,100 km² and a population of 546,695...
.
It was granted town status and given its present name in 1947. The name derives from the Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
word Shakhtyor for miner, referring to the black coal production in the surrounding area.